Recent Blogs
Pin-wheel Escapement Mechanism Explained: How It Works, Parts, Diagram, Formula and Uses
How the Pin-wheel Escapement works, with formulas, tolerances, and real clockmaking examples. Compare it to deadbeat and anchor escapements for tower clocks.
Hook-tooth Escapement Mechanism Explained: How It Works, Parts, Diagram, and Uses in Antique Clocks
Hook-tooth escapement explained — how the hooked tooth profile delivers impulse, where it's used in early clockwork, and how to size one for restoration work.
Endless-chain Maintaining Power (clock) Mechanism Explained: Parts, How It Works, and Uses
Endless-chain maintaining power keeps a weight-driven clock running while you wind it. Learn how Huygens' 1659 mechanism works, with formulas and a regulator example.
Endless Cord-winding Device for Clocks: How It Works, Diagram, Parts and Maintaining Power Explained
How the endless cord-winding device for clocks (Huygens' loop) keeps weight-driven clocks running while you wind them. Theory, design rules, and worked example.